pretty pain

I moved my mini cactus garden this spring and I think it now gets a lot more sun, which is the only reason I can come up with for why, for the first time ever, it sprouted NINE cactus flowers at once last week. I saw the little buds forming a while ago, but never thought they would all flower at once. So pretty... purple turning to pretty in pink :)

Here's the stems and buds the night before opening:

And then here are the eight cactus flowers that opened the next morning... one over there on the right was a late bloomer ;)